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September 7, 1982
Dallas faces challenge
United Press International
DALLAS — For the past two
seasons, the Dallas Cowboys
have made it to the doorstep of
the Super Bowl only to have the
welcome mat snatched away by
the Philadelphia Eagles and San
Francisco 49ers.
So things were a little grim
around the Cowboys’ training
camp this summer. Those who
have had to go through it and
those who have watched from
the sidelines agree that Coach
Tom Landry ran his toughest
camp in years.
And things are apt to get
tougher since Dallas’ offense
was all but nonexistent in its first
exhibition outing of the year.
But despite some salary
grumblings — the chief one
being resolved when defensive
end Ed “Too Tall” Jones signed
a new contract on the eve of the
opening of camp — the Cow
boys seem to be their old selves.
There are few alterations
from the team that was nipped
at the buzzer by the 49ers at
Candlestick Park in last season’s
NFC championship thriller.
“I think last year’s team was
the best we’ve had since the 1978
Super Bowl team,” Landry says
in retrospect.
“We’re capable of getting
back into the playoffs again. But
obr biggest challenge is going to
come now from the other NFC
East teams. If everything re
mained the same, we wouldn’t
have to be better to win the divi
sion. But I see a major improve
ment in the division teams.”
Dallas could be improved as
well as long as the two major
alterations that must come about
on defense work the way the
ones did a year ago.
In 1981 the Cowboys needed
to find some talent in a hurry for
their defensive backfield. They
found it, surprisingly, in the
form of two free agent rookies
— Everson Walls and Michael
Downs.
Now the Cowboys must find
people to offset the loss of two of
the most experienced players in
the NFL — safety Charlie Wa
ters and linebacker D.D. Lewis.
They both retired after the ’81
season and, although both had
seen their skills diminish at the
end of their career, they both
brought tremendous savvy to
the stadium.
“The big challenge again this
year is going to be on defense,”
Landry said, “mainly because of
the retirement of Waters and
Lewis. They added expe '
clef
rience
efensive
and confidence to our
team.
“We made big progress in our
defense last year but now we’ve
lost a great deal of what we need,
which is experience and leader
ship. This must be replaced
either by members of the cur
rent team or with the injection of
new blood.”
At the moment, veterans Ben
ny Barnes and Guy Brown are
expected to fill the safety and
linebacking positions.
But Barnes’ chronic foot
problems probably will keep
him from going at full speed all
year. Some help is going to have
to be found among the youngs
ters.
The remainder of the defen
sive team is the same with the
front four of John Dutton, Ran
dy White, Harvey Martin and
Jones back for their second full
year as a unit.
On offense, the Cowboys
seem set for another year of con
sistent ground gaining. The
offensive line could still be in for
some problems since center
Robert Shaw has had his second
knee operation in as many years.
That means Tom Rafferty
will have to spend another year
at center, where he played so
well after being moved from
guard when Shaw was injured in
1981.
At the skill positions, the Cow
boys have as much ability as any
team in the league and that ta
lent, if it stays healthy, should
again make the club difficult to
defend.
Tony Dorsett came close to
leading the NFL in rushing last
year and finally seems to have
developed into the runner the
Cowboys hoped to see all along.
“Dorsett had
Landry said.
“Now, you say, can he repeat
it? Well, he can, if he wants to
work hard enough and if he’s
lucky enough not to get hurt. It’s
also possible for him to be even
better because he’s maturing to a
f )oint where there’s not much
imit anymore in what he can
do.”
The deep and talented receiv
er corps is still there and Danny
White is blooming into one of
the NFL’s top quarterbacks.
a super year.
So the Cowboys seem ready
for another winning campaign,
another playoff spot and,
perhaps, another Super Bowl
appearance. It looks to be only a
matter of playing the games,
which, as it turns out, may be the
biggest question of all.
Lendl defeats Wilander
in U.S. Open quarters
United Press International
NEW YORK — The quarter
final berths of the men’s singles
in the U.S. Open are in the pro
cess of being filled but Mats
Wilander’s dreams of winning
another Grand Slam title ended
Monday night.
Third-seeded Ivan Lendl of
Czechoslovakia didn’t exactly
roll out a “Welcome, Mats” for
his opponent as he advanced
with a straight-set, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
victory over the 18-year-old
Wilander.
Guillermo Vilas of Argenti
na, the No. 4 seed, and 12th-
seeded Steve Denton will meet
in a fourth-round match today
while No. 8 Eliot Teltscher
meets unseeded Rodney Har
mon. Jaime Fillol of Chile and
Tom Gullikson also battle for a
spot in the final eight.
In a fourth-round match
tonight, Wimbledon champion
and No. 2 seed Jimmy Connors
plays veteran Ille Nastase of
Romania.
In women’s quarter-final
matches, top-seeded Martina
Navratilova plays No. 7 Pam
Shriver; No. 2 Chris Evert Lloyd
meets No. 16 Zina Garrison, and
defending champion and No. 3
seed Tracy Austin faces No. 5
Hana Mandlikova.
Lendl will now meet Kim
Warwick of Australia in the
quarter-finals. The unseeded
Warwick, whose doctor advised
him to quit tennis after shoulder
surgery in Ferbruary, continued
his surprising string of victories
with a 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 victory
over No. 9 Yannick Noah of
France.
Sixth-seeded Gene Mayerjust
wants to show he can play an
entire tournament without get
ting hurt. Mayer, an easy 6-4,
6-2, 6-1 winner over Bob Lutz of
Stowe, Vt., Monday, is deter
mined “to show my health is A-
OK again ” he said with a grin.
Amateur Gretchen Rush of
Pittsburgh upset No. 6 Wendy
Turnbull of Australia, but the
18-year-old must now battle No.
4 Andrea Jaeger in the quarter
finals. But, she said: “I don’t
necessarily expect to win, just to
learn.”
Navratilova advanced to the
quarters with a 6-1,6-2 triumph
over No. 15 Andrea Leand de
spite a touch of food poisoning
that has also plagued Evert.
Other players advancing were
Jaeger, a 6-1, 6-1 winner over
No. 13 Kathy Rinaldi; Mandli
kova, who downed Vicki Nelson,
6-4, 6-2; No. 7 Pam Shriver, a
6-3, 6-1 winner over Rosalyn
Fairbank of South Africa, and
Bonnie Gadusek, who ousted El-
ise Burgin, 6-0, 6-0.
Finally, a real surprise in the
men’s doubles Monday night:
the top-seeded team of McEn
roe and Peter Fleming were eli
minated by the No. 5 contingent
of Victor Amaya and Hank Pfis-
ter, who won, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3,
6-1.
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